Amazon Sidewalk

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+title: Amazon Sidewalk? Not Without Compensation.
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+date: 2023-03-28 20:47:14
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+Amazon has opened up Sidewalk. But what is it; and why am I demanding compensation for it?
+
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+I'm sure you've heard of the "Internet of Things". It's a stupid marketing term for devices that use small amounts of bandwidth to provide some
+internet connectivity. I've thought this term was as stupid as "the cloud"...because it indicates it's something special. It's a marketing gimmick
+designed to water-down tech and give people a new buzzword. 
+
+The "Internet of Things" is just...the internet. Years ago if we put our coffee maker online so we could trigger a brew remotely...we didn't call it
+IoT...the only thing that's changed is...well...marketing.
+
+But I digress. Amazon has opened up Sidewalk to any developer. It is an "IoT" network that provides connectivity over 900MHz. This is all fine and good;
+except it's being largely funded BY THE USERS. By default...a lot of Amazon devices will provide an access node for Sidewalk using *your* internet. Yes; they are, by default, sharing your internet
+connection. 
+
+What do you get in return? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. To make this worse...you literally paid Amazon buying some privacy-invading device that does this. 
+
+This, IMO, is the worst kind of behavior. Why the fuck should I, or anyone, share my internet connection with people I don't know. Why should I be providing
+what is essentially infrastructure to an Amazon service for nothing in return? 
+
+Amazon should start forking some kind of incentives for this. I'm paying for the hardware, I'm paying for the internet, I'm paying for the electricity. This should
+not be an opt-out; it should be opt-in.
+
+But..I'm sure if they required opt-in...people wouldn't do it and they wouldn't have another service to resell. 
+
+Years ago a place..I think it was called Fonera or LaFonera; wanted to build a public wifi "network", a way of encouraging companies to offer free wifi back before
+LTE and stuff was a thing. The exception with them was they literally gave you the hardware. Fill out a form, get free hardware. Even had dual-AP support so you could
+have a public AND private AP for your business.
+
+Sadly...a lot of people won't do shit about this in the long run. They'll continue to buy these devices, automatically opted in, while a cash-heavy company like Amazon
+continues to make some kind of profit off them. It's not enough you buy shit; but you're also providing a service.
+
+Seriously Amazon...stop treating your customers this way. It's highly disrespectful.  

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+title: Amazon Sidewalk? Not Without Compensation.
+layout: post
+date: 2023-03-28 20:47:14
+permalink: /blog/2023/MAR/28-amazon-sidewalk?-not-without-compensation..php
+excerpt_separator: <!--more-->
+---
+
+Amazon has oepened up Sidewalk. But what is it; and why am I demanding compensation for it?
+
+<!--more-->
+
+I'm sure you've heard of the "Internet of Things". It's a stupid marketing term for devices that use small amounts of bandwidth to provide some
+internet connectivty. I've thought this term was as stupid as "the cloud"...because it indicates it's something special. It's a marketing gimmick
+designed to water-down tech and give people a new buzzword. 
+
+The "Internet of Things" is just...the internet. Years ago if we put our coffee maker online so we could trigger a brew remotely...we didn't call it
+IoT...the only thing that's changed is...well...marketing.
+
+But I digress. Amazon has opened up Sidewalk to any developer. It is an "IoT" network that provides connectivity over 900MHz. This is all fine and good;
+except it's being largely funded BY THE USERS. By default...a lot of Amazon devices will provide an access node for Sidewalk using *your* internet. Yes; they are, by default, sharing your internet
+connection. 
+
+What do you get in return? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. To make this worse...you literally paid Amazon buying some privacy-invading device that does this. 
+
+This, IMO, is the worst kind of behavior. Why the fuck should I, or anyone, share my internet connection with people I don't know. Why should I be providing
+what is essentially infrastructure to an Amazon service for nothing in return? 
+
+Amazon should start forking some kind of incentives for this. I'm paying for the hardware, I'm paying for the internet, I'm paying for the electricity. This should
+not be an opt-out; it should be opt-in.
+
+But..I'm sure if they required opt-in...people wouldn't do it and they wouldn't have another service to resell. 
+
+Years ago a place..I think it was called Fonera or LaFonera; wanted to build a public wifi "network", a way of encouraging companies to offer free wifi back before
+LTE and stuff was a thing. The exception with them was they literally gave you the hardware. Fill out a form, get free hardware. Even had dual-AP support so you could
+have a public AND private AP for your business.
+
+Sadly...a lot of people won't do shit about this in the long run. They'll continue to buy these devices, automatically opted in, while a cash-heavy company like Amazon
+continues to make some kind of profit off them. It's not enough you buy shit; but you're also providing a service.
+
+Seriously Amazon...stop treating your customers this way. It's highly disrespectful.  

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